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Grain elevators and train, Claresholm, AB, 1918

from Musée McCord Stewart Museum

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  • Kerri-Jo Stewart said:
    very cool - I'm going to take a photo of that corner when I go there again that's near where I keep my horses
  • Synonymous Friends said:
    amazing picture, a treasure. Thanks to the McCord Museum employees for this amazing work!
  • Laura said:
    mette tristezza, ma è molto bella...
  • BigBean said:
    Hi, this photo has been discussed in one of the threads in the Flickr Commons group, and we'd love to have this added to the group pool!
  • BigBean said:
    I just came across this 1996 view:

Elephants loading the train, Sydney, ca. 1932 / Sam Hood

from State Library of New South Wales

  • Liz said:
    I suspect this may be Alice an elephant that was at 'Wonderland City' at Tamamara Bondi Sydney. It appears she may have been obtained by Wirth's Circus around mid - late 1908. Later on Wirth's claimed falsely they had Alice the companion of P.T Barnum's Jumbo, Alice was in fact an African Bush Elephant and not an Asian elephant. So Wirth's Claims were completely untrue.
  • Liz said:
    This is indeed Alice of Wonderland City fame. Wirth's Circus bought her from William Anderson in 1908 by the 1920's Alice was well travelled with the circus and with her came the myth that she was over 100 years old. Alice was born around 1876. She was owned by Bostock & Wombwell's Circus and Menagerie until 1906 when she was auctioned and bought by William Anderson. After Wirth's Circos obtained her they changed her name to 'Princess Alice' Alice died at Wirth's Circus in Melbourne in November 1941
  • Mich said:
    This elephant has small ears so I don't think it is an African elephant.
  • Liz said:
    Quite right she is an Asian elephant. The Alice PT Barnum had was an African so Wirth's were trying to make it up as they went along. They claimed Alice was 150 years old when she died but in fact she was around aged 65 years old.

Santa Fe R.R. trains going through Cajon Pass in the San Bernardino Mountains, Cajon, Calif. On the right, streamliner "Chief" going west; in the background, on the left, a freight train with a helper engine, going east. Santa Fe trip (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • rdng tchr said:
    Wow! Amazing photo with the two trains heading off in different directions!
  • angler77 said:
    Very interesting for me. I worked for the Forest Service in 1960's and spent my summers fighting fires in this same location
  • Kim Baldwin said:
    I live about 5 minutes from this location. I'll have to see if i can find about where the photographer was standing when he took this photo.
  • feens, THE feens said:
    To be in this exact spot a two trains passed by!
  • SERGIO said:
    outstanding view....just beautiful....scenery like this is why I suggest a train ride(s) to any location 'cross this Country of ours as a great vacaiton....( and no I dont sell train-tickets or have any other affiliation(s) with the RailRoad(s).....